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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
carrots and sweet potatoes
prealbumin levels
4 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
2. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
day week or month
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemoglobin
liver and intestinal synthesis
3. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
dark green - orange - drybeans
4 calories/gram
fat soluble vitamins
albumin levels
4. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
300 cal/day increase
18-25
5. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
hemoglobin
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
6. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
diet recall
decrease in total lymphocyte count
milk - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
7. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
review of systems
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
hemorrhage
8. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
6 oz. a day
B and C
prealbumin levels
9. Sources of fats
review of systems
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
fats
10. What function is vitamin D?
review of systems
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
antioxidant - immune function
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
trans fatty acid
one tspn salt or less
3 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
12. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
one tspn salt or less
2 cups
review of systems
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
13. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
albumin levels
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
14. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
trans fatty acid
protein
15. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
16. What are healthy sources of fats?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18-25
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
17. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
day week or month
prealbumin levels
18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
dairy and fortified foods
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
19. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
starches - sugars - and cellulose
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6 oz. a day
20. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6 oz. a day
21. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
hemoglobin
vitamin C - citrus fruits
starches - sugars - and cellulose
antioxidant - immune function
22. What function is vitamin A?
albumin levels
2.5 cups
prealbumin levels
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
23. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin K
cream cheese - cream or butter
24. Fats can lead to some medical problems
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
B and C
dairy and fortified foods
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
25. What does DASH stand for?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
day week or month
dietary approach to stop hypertension
26. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
review of systems
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
27. When does BMR increase?
one tspn salt or less
one week period
antioxidant - immune function
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
28. Name six sources of grains
300 cal/day increase
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2 cups
albumin levels
29. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
trans fatty acid
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
milk - enriched grains
18-25
30. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vitamin K
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
31. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fats
2.5 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
32. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
vitamin K
pregnant women or elderly
antioxidant - immune function
33. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
34. What foods have high quality protein?
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
TPN total parenteral nutrition
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
protein and fat
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
36. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
trans fatty acid
rickets - osteomalacia
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
37. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
liver and intestinal synthesis
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
38. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
39. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - immune function
diet recall
40. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
5.5 ounces/day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
hemoglobin
41. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fats
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
42. What is the function of vitamin E?
vitamin K
antioxidant - immune function
18-25
dietary approach to stop hypertension
43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
vitamin K
2.5 cups
protein and fat
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
44. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
prealbumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - immune function
45. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin K
vitamin C - citrus fruits
46. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
47. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
6 oz. a day
one week period
48. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
fat soluble vitamins
diet recall
49. What is normal albumin levels?
hemorrhage
300 cal/day increase
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
TPN total parenteral nutrition
50. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
low albumin levels < 3.4